Paris chronicle # 14 Paris je t'aime

Since 2008, we can see some padlocks marked with initials and little hearts, fixed to the railings of the very romantic « Pont des Arts.

As we could notice around the world, Sweethearts mark their name on a padlock which symbolize their eternal love called « love lock », attach it generally on the fence of a bridge et throw away the key in the flood.

In front of the inflow of love locks on all parisian bridges, the Mairie de Paris planned to take them off to preserve the patrimoine, was going to work on a solution of replacement, and imagine to create metallic trees which could be stands for love locks.

This morning on Pont de L’Archevêché, as I was looking at the love locks shining in the sun, some russian tourists ask me the reason of the ritual of these padlocks, I explained them, and then asked me « and after ? Did they throw themselves in the Seine »?